Karl Deisseroth is a professor of bioengineering, psychiatry, and behavioral sciences at Stanford University. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(06:58) – Mental disorders

(15:31) – Intelligence

(18:10) – James Joyce

(26:47) – Writing

(30:11) – Projections

(33:46) – Translation

(36:17) – Poetry

(45:00) – Love

(50:34) – Psychiatry

(53:46) – Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung

(1:02:30) – Data in cells

(1:06:33) – Optogenetics

(1:22:01) – Neuralink

(1:34:49) – Psychedelics

(1:41:13) – Depression

(1:56:38) – Talk therapy and psychoanalysis

(2:00:19) – Good Will Hunting

(2:10:55) – Darkest moments

(2:12:26) – Suicide

(2:29:31) – Autism

(2:49:09) – Schizophrenia

(3:00:18) – Why we cry

(3:07:30) – Consciousness

(3:22:01) – Mortality

(3:23:41) – Meaning of life